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Employment Law Update: Workplace Religious Accommodations and Islamic Prayer

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Few issues are more sensitive for employers than accommodating employees’ religious practices and observances. In recent years, Muslim employees and their employers have struggled with how to handle the religious requirement...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

What lies beneath the “substantial increased costs” needed to reject a request for a religious accommodation?

Complete answers may be several years in the making. A year ago this month, in Groff v. DeJoy, the Supreme Court of the United States held that an employer who rejects a request for a religious accommodation “must show that...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

Court Rules Accommodating Religious Request is Undue Hardship

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While diversity enriches the workplace, it can also present challenges for employers striving to create inclusive environments that accommodate everyone’s perspectives. In Kluge v. Brownsburg Community School Corp., a federal...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Second Circuit Rejects Religious Discrimination Claim Based on COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

In last term’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, the U.S. Supreme Court significantly increased employers’ obligation to consider religious exemption requests under Title VII. Rather than the previous de minimus burden standard,...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

Accommodating a Request for Worship Space in the Workplace

Question: Do employers need to provide a space for employees to worship and/or pray in the office? The short answer is: Maybe. You must reasonably accommodate em­ployees’ sincerely held religious, ethical, or moral...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

New Supreme Court Decision Puts More Pressure on Employers Who Receive a Religious Accommodation Request

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Consider this: an employee refuses to accept Sunday shifts because, under his religion, that day is devoted to worship and rest. Is his employer legally required to accommodate him? For decades, the answer was easy....more

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C.

More Stringent Test in Evaluating Title VII Accommodation Claims and the Meaning of “Undue Hardship”

On June 29, 2023, in a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-anticipated decision in Groff v. DeJoy Postmaster General, clarifying an employer’s obligations to accommodate employees’ religious practices....more

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Supreme Court Miniseries: Religious Accommodation at Work

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In the Public Interest is excited to continue our miniseries examining landmark decisions recently issued by the United States Supreme Court. The fourth episode examines the Court’s decision in Groff v. DeJoy, a case centered...more

Stokes Wagner

The U.S. Supreme Court Redefines the Definition of “Undue hardship” with Respect to Request for Religious Accommodations Under...

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The U.S Supreme Court issued an opinion in Groff v. DeJoy redefining an employer’s obligations for religious accommodations under Title VII. The Court strayed away from the almost five-decade standard previously used and...more

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Religious Accommodation Undue Hardship Becomes More Difficult to Meet Under Federal Law

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Title VII of the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) requires employers to accommodate any employee’s sincerely held religious beliefs unless accommodation would result in an undue hardship. Historically, denial of...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Say a Prayer for Employers: Supreme Court Expands Religious Accommodations

The Supreme Court has broadened religious accommodations in a closely watched case, clarifying the Title VII undue hardship standard for employers....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Supreme Court Stiffens Standard for Religious Accommodations in the Workplace: What it Means for Employers

The Supreme Court ruled unanimously last month in favor of an evangelical Christian postal worker who refused to work on Sundays due to Sabbath observance....more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Employers Need to Go Further to Accommodate an Employee’s Religion

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous opinion in Groff v. DeJoy that effectively made it easier for employees to secure religious-based accommodations in the workplace. Prior to DeJoy, an employer could...more

Pullman & Comley - Labor, Employment and...

The Supreme Court Imposes New Obligations on Employers to Accommodate Employees’ Religious Practices

In a case decided last month, the U.S. Supreme Court made it more difficult for employers to deny employees’ requests for accommodations for their religious practices, rejecting the understanding of Title VII (the fundamental...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Supreme Court Expands Religious Accommodation Protection Under Title VII

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down its unanimous decision in Groff v. DeJoy, which heightened the burden that employers bear in proving that an employee’s request for a religious...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Supreme Court Unanimously Approves Higher Standard for Religious Accommodations Under Title VII

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously held in Groff v. DeJoy, No. 22-174, that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

The Supreme Court Strengthens Religious Accommodation Requirements in Recent Case

The U.S. Supreme Court has “clarified” the test under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act that employers and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have relied upon for more than 46 years, making it easier for...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Navigating Global Religious Accommodation: Insights from Our Lawyers on Employer Responsibilities Towards Religious Beliefs in the...

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In a previous blog, we summarized the recent case of Groff v. Dejoy, where the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously clarified the undue hardship standard under Title VII, a federal law in the United States that prohibits employment...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Religious Accommodation for Employees: The Potential Impact and Likely (Unintended) Consequences of SCOTUS’ Groff v. DeJoy...

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We recently wrote about Groff v. DeJoy, the Supreme Court decision reinterpreting the meaning of “undue hardship” for Title VII religious accommodations to actually mean “undue hardship,” as opposed to minimal costs. In this...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Faith at Work and the New Sacred Balance: Understanding the More Stringent “Undue Hardship” Standard

Employers evaluating religious accommodations under Title VII are now required to strike a new balance due to the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent clarification of what constitutes an “undue hardship.” Employers should promptly...more

Cooley LLP

Supreme Court Clarifies Standard for Employers Evaluating Religious Accommodation Requests

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On June 29, 2023, the US Supreme Court issued a decision clarifying the standard employers must apply in considering an employee’s religious accommodation request under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. In Groff v. DeJoy,...more

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The Supreme Court Clarifies Employer Obligations for Religious Accommodations

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On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court in Groff v. DeJoy clarified employers’ obligations when accommodating an employee’s religious beliefs under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”). As a result of this...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

SCOTUS Raises the Bar for Employers Denying Religious Accommodation Requests

In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently clarified the circumstances under which an employer may deny a request for a religious accommodation under Title VII.  Specifically, in Groff v. DeJoy, the Court held...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Issues Ruling to Clarify Undue Hardship Standard for Religious Accommodations Under Title VII

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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin, requires employers with 15 or more employees to accommodate the sincerely held...more

Cozen O'Connor

Employment Law Now VII-133 - Hot Summer Employment Law Developments

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Today's episode looks at the hot employment law developments of the Summer of 2023, including the Supreme Court impacting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and the "undue hardship" defense for religious accommodation...more

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